diff --git a/dmd2/attrib.c b/dmd2/attrib.c
index a21213f9..39d2e7ae 100644
--- a/dmd2/attrib.c
+++ b/dmd2/attrib.c
@@ -722,10 +722,9 @@ void ProtDeclaration::toCBuffer(OutBuffer *buf, HdrGenState *hgs)
 
 /********************************* AlignDeclaration ****************************/
 
-AlignDeclaration::AlignDeclaration(Loc loc, unsigned sa, Dsymbols *decl)
+AlignDeclaration::AlignDeclaration(unsigned sa, Dsymbols *decl)
         : AttribDeclaration(decl)
 {
-    this->loc = loc;
     salign = sa;
 }
 
@@ -734,7 +733,7 @@ Dsymbol *AlignDeclaration::syntaxCopy(Dsymbol *s)
     AlignDeclaration *ad;
 
     assert(!s);
-    ad = new AlignDeclaration(loc, salign, Dsymbol::arraySyntaxCopy(decl));
+    ad = new AlignDeclaration(salign, Dsymbol::arraySyntaxCopy(decl));
     return ad;
 }
 
@@ -754,8 +753,6 @@ void AlignDeclaration::semantic(Scope *sc)
     {
         semanticNewSc(sc, sc->stc, sc->linkage, sc->protection, sc->explicitProtection, salign);
     }
-    else
-    assert(0 && "what kind of align use triggers this?");
 }
 
 
diff --git a/dmd2/attrib.h b/dmd2/attrib.h
index aa8d0447..2f929fee 100644
--- a/dmd2/attrib.h
+++ b/dmd2/attrib.h
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ struct AlignDeclaration : AttribDeclaration
 {
     unsigned salign;
 
-    AlignDeclaration(Loc loc, unsigned sa, Dsymbols *decl);
+    AlignDeclaration(unsigned sa, Dsymbols *decl);
     Dsymbol *syntaxCopy(Dsymbol *s);
     void setScope(Scope *sc);
     void semantic(Scope *sc);
diff --git a/dmd2/parse.c b/dmd2/parse.c
index 8ad48ce7..113d2f78 100644
--- a/dmd2/parse.c
+++ b/dmd2/parse.c
@@ -507,9 +507,6 @@ Dsymbols *Parser::parseDeclDefs(int once)
             case TOKalign:
             {   unsigned n;
 
-        // LDC better align code locations
-        Loc alignloc = loc;
-
                 s = NULL;
                 nextToken();
                 if (token.value == TOKlparen)
@@ -532,7 +529,7 @@ Dsymbols *Parser::parseDeclDefs(int once)
                     n = global.structalign;             // default
 
                 a = parseBlock();
-		s = new AlignDeclaration(alignloc, n, a);
+                s = new AlignDeclaration(n, a);
                 break;
             }